About The Word Antedate
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Antedate
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What's The Definition Of Antedate?
[v] establish something as being earlier relative to something else
[v] be earlier in time; go back further Synonyms | Synonyms for Antedate: antecede | foredate | forego | precede | predate | predate Related Terms | Find terms related to Antedate: announce | antecede | anticipate | backdate | be before | be dated | be early | bear date | come before | date | date at | dateline | datemark | date-stamp | foredate | forerun | go before | herald | lag | make a date | misdate | mistime | postdate | precede | precurse | predate | preexist | proclaim | set the date | update | usher in See Also | chronologise | chronologize Antedate In Webster's Dictionary \An"te*date`\, n.
1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the
actual date.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.] --Donne.
\An"te*date`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Antedated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Antedating}.] 1. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution. 2. To precede in time. 3. To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. --Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. --Wordsworth. |
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